Frogs Do Not Like Dragons

by Patricia Forde, Joëlle Dreidemy (Illustrations)

Natalie’s sister Lola has locked herself in the bathroom and won’t come out. She’s been caught by a witch and a dragon, and they are keeping her prisoner! When the witch gets angry and conjures up frogs—which don’t like dragons at all—things in the bathroom get a little crazy. If the police, the firemen, and her family can’t get Lola out of the bathroom, who can?

48 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2010

About the author

Patricia Forde lives in Galway, in the west of Ireland, with her husband Padraic and two teenage children. She has previously published Picture
Books and Early Readers for children in Irish and in English. She has written two plays and several television drama series for children and
teenagers. In an earlier life, she was a primary school teacher and the artistic director of the Galway International Arts Festival.

The List ( The Wordsmith in the UK and Ireland) is her first novel.

Reviews

[Matti Karjalainen]

Lotta on adrianmolemaisesti viisi vuotta ja kolme neljäsosaa vanha ja onnistunut lukitsemaan itsensä kylpyhuoneeseen. Noora-sisko ja vanhemmat yrittävät suostutella häntä tulemaan ulos, mutta sepä onkin helpommin sanottu kuin tehty, sillä kylpyhuoneessa onkin hänen lisäkseen myös ilkeä Angiina-noita, lohikäärme, sammakoita ja ties mitä. Lieneekö ongelmaan edes poliisista ja palokunnasta apua?

Patricia Forden "Sammakot eivät pidä lohikäärmeistä" (Mäkelä, 2010) on sen verran hauska helppolukuinen, että taidanpa ottaa tämän Sinisen Banaanin mukaan ykkös- ja kakkosluokkalaisten vinkkausterttuihin.

[Tracey]

Sometimes these random book selections off the library turn up some delightful reads, and this was sadly not the case with this book choice.

Lola claims to be locked in a bathroom by a witch. There are apparently frogs and a dragon in there with her, and the frogs don't like the dragon. Then amazingly an offer for apple pie gets the witch, frogs and dragon off her case. Just really wasn't my cup of tea - in fact it was rather boring. If I'm bored - can you imagine what my class would feel about the book.

[Suvi]

Samantyyppinen hauska kertomus kuin Siilit eivät pidä korkeista paikoista. Lotta on viisi vuotta ja kolme neljäsosaa, ja hänellä on melkoisen lentävä mielikuvitus sekä taipumus järjestää säpinää arkiaamuihin.

Ykkös-kakkosille.

[Janine]

Love these books, the imagination of children is amazing.

[Steven Fox]

Read at school with children they really enjoyed this one.